Urgent Health Reform News in Kansas

Open Letter to Kansas Health Care Consumers from the Kansas Health Policy Authority
From 3.28.2008 KHPA Legislative Pulse


" Early next week, legislators from the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives are expected to meet in Conference Committee to make a pivotal decision about health reform in our state. Active discussion about health reform in Kansas started in November last year with the release of the 21 health reform recommendations developed by the Kansas Health Policy Authority.

Those recommendations were the result of conversations with hundreds of health care consumers, advocates, and providers across Kansas and were designed to transform the Kansas health system, lower health care costs, and make Kansas a healthier state.

Last week, bipartisan leadership in the House played an important role in advancing the compromise health reform bill. Action next week in Conference Committee could result in meaningful Kansas health reform if the House compromise provisions are included in the final bill.....

....Next week’s Conference Committee will be a defining moment for true
Kansas Health Reform. Please contact your legislator in the coming days
to express your opinion about this issue.
Sincerely,
Marcia Nielsen, Executive Director Kansas
Health Policy Authority

Connie Hubbell, Chair
Kansas Health Policy Authority